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Head-to-head · Infrastructure as Code Tools

Pulumi vs Cloudify

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 5 checks side by side
Higher score Pulumi #2 in Infrastructure as Code Tools 9.2/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Pulumi
Cloudify #11 in Infrastructure as Code Tools 8.2/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Cloudify

Pulumi leads on 0 checks, Cloudify on 0, and 5 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 5 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scorePulumi · 9.2/10
  • Free planboth

Pulumi scores higher on our rubric for infrastructure as code tools: 9.2 against 8.2 out of 10; our editors rank them #2 and #11.

On configuration language, Cloudify gives you Yaml/json where Pulumi offers General-purpose language.

Pulumi is the better fit for teams wanting IaC in familiar languages. Cloudify is the better fit for multi-cloud and edge orchestration teams.

  • Pulumi fits best

    Teams wanting IaC in familiar languages

  • Cloudify fits best

    Multi-cloud and edge orchestration teams

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Side by side

Feature Pulumi 9.2/10 Visit ↗ Cloudify 8.2/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.2 8.2
Ranking #2 in Infrastructure as Code Tools #11 in Infrastructure as Code Tools
Best for Teams wanting IaC in familiar languages Multi-cloud and edge orchestration teams
Pricing model Free plan + paid Free plan + paid
Starting price $40/mo Free plan
Free plan ✓ ✓
Free trial — —
Deployment Cloud, Self-hosted Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms Web, Windows, macOS, Linux Web, Linux
Support Tickets, Community, Docs Docs
Compliance SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, SSO/SAML SSO/SAML, 2FA
Integrations 8 integrations 12 integrations
Built for Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Pulumi 4/4 · Cloudify 4/4
Policy as code ✓ ✓
Drift detection ✓ ✓
Import existing resources ✓ ✓
Self-hosted execution ✓ ✓
Specs
Configuration language General-purpose language Yaml/json
Supported clouds AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, OpenStack
State management Both Both
Our review
Pros
  • Supports TypeScript, Python, Go, Java, .NET, JavaScript, and YAML
  • Multi-cloud provisioning with managed or self-managed state backends
  • Includes policy as code, drift detection, import, secrets, and CI/CD
  • Free Community version with no time limit and no license requirement
  • Coordinates Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, and cloud-provider integrations
  • Supports drift remediation, workflows, APIs, plugins, and multi-cloud orchestration
Cons
  • Team pricing starts at $40 per month for up to 10 users
  • Enterprise features require a $400-per-month plan
  • Platform coverage is narrower than Terraform's
  • Its TOSCA/YAML model is less direct for standard Terraform-style IaC
  • Premium uses subscription-based licensing or purchase-order purchasing
  • The broad orchestration model may exceed narrow infrastructure provisioning needs
Our verdict

Pulumi is an open-source infrastructure-as-code platform for developers, platform engineers, and DevOps teams. It lets teams define and manage cloud infrastructure with TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Go, .NET, Java, or YAML rather than…

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Cloudify is an open-source orchestration platform for modeling, deploying, and operating applications and infrastructure across public cloud, private infrastructure, and edge environments. It is aimed at teams coordinating more than…

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  1. PulumiInfrastructure as Code Tools 9.2Free plan
  2. CloudifyInfrastructure as Code Tools 8.2Free plan

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Pulumi — where it wins

    • Supports TypeScript, Python, Go, Java, .NET, JavaScript, and YAML
    • Multi-cloud provisioning with managed or self-managed state backends
    • Includes policy as code, drift detection, import, secrets, and CI/CD

    Where it doesn't

    • Team pricing starts at $40 per month for up to 10 users
    • Enterprise features require a $400-per-month plan
    • Platform coverage is narrower than Terraform's

  • Cloudify — where it wins

    • Free Community version with no time limit and no license requirement
    • Coordinates Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, and cloud-provider integrations
    • Supports drift remediation, workflows, APIs, plugins, and multi-cloud orchestration

    Where it doesn't

    • Its TOSCA/YAML model is less direct for standard Terraform-style IaC
    • Premium uses subscription-based licensing or purchase-order purchasing
    • The broad orchestration model may exceed narrow infrastructure provisioning needs
  • Pulumi9.2/10 · Free plan

    A flexible, multi-cloud IaC platform for teams that prefer familiar programming languages.

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  • Cloudify8.2/10 · Free plan

    A flexible orchestration platform for teams managing complex multi-cloud and edge environments.

    Visit CloudifyFull verdict →

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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